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 great surround sound for a reasonable price January 2, 2009
The sound quality is amazing. Music that I didn't really like earlier sounds sharp and clear and the bass is great. Good for parties. And really transforms the experience for gamers, particularly FPS games or war-based games. The only problem I found is that the USB cable to connect to the computer is too short. Overall, a great buy.
 Not so great. . . December 20, 2008
I bought this as a replacement for an older external sound card, thinking it would be a step up. I was sadly mistaken- the quality of sound was less than the SB 24 Live! external, and it seems to have a mind of its own about whether or not it wants to play through all four satellite speakers. No matter what settings I used, it persistently played almost everything as stereo through the front speakers only. After fighting it for a couple of days and spending a lot of time on CL's support site, I gave up and sent it back.
When Monitoring the Microphone, There is a Delay December 19, 2008
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If you want to use this device strictly to listen to music through your digital entertainment center's speakers using the optical digital connection, you will be quite pleased.
If, however, you want to listen through the earphone output on the device, you will hear all sorts of pops and cracks.
Also if you want to use the device to record music on your computer hard drive and need to listen to the monitor, the monitor switch is hidden in the device volume panel (it is a recent software upgrade), in the Mixer function window. There is a small box to the right of the field that says Mic-in/Line-in. Click that box. However, you will notice a horrible delay between what you say and what you hear back through the monitor. This is an absolutely unacceptable engineering flaw.
I've communicated with Creative about the problem, and their attitude is "so sad, too bad, get a refund."
To summarize, this is great for simply listening to music through your stereo. It is horrible for listening through headphones or when using the microphone/line-in monitor.
 Bang for the buck December 12, 2008
Creative Labs USB Sound Blaster X-Fi 70SB Surround 5.1This product is a much needed device for enhancing the quality of sound that comes from sources that are compressed on the computer such as internet radio. The device makes a noticeable difference in both clarity and depth of sound, particularly for music. The inputs are useful, including earphones, line-in (for an MP3 player)and microphone. The output for speakers allows a hook-up to powered multi-media speakers. For those who do not want to install a computer card, this external device is easy to use and is cost-effective.
RTT
Good product November 21, 2008
Creative Labs USB sound blaster x-Fi.
Good sound quality with easy to setup.
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